Title :
Cascade of two opposite tapers for butt-coupling between fibers and silicon photonic wires with large misalignment tolerance and low polarization dependency
Author :
Kai-Ning Ku ; Lee, Ming-Chang M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
A new coupler design consisting of a three-dimensional SU-8 taper and a silicon inverted nanotaper is presented. The fiber misalignment tolerance is ±3 μm and the coupler loss is 2.8 dB(TE) and 4.1 dB(TM).
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; silicon; butt-coupling; coupler design; coupler loss; fiber misalignment tolerance; opposite taper cascade; optical fibres; polarization dependency; silicon integrated photonics; silicon inverted nanotaper; silicon photonic wires; three-dimensional SU-8 taper; Couplings; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Silicon; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
